paul krugman, are you going to have him come to tennessee and campaign for you? >> i don't think so. i'm having richard. >> richard. richard will come down. so congresswoman, i'm just curious, you're a republican. you're a conservative. you would understand, would you not, even though paul krugman would say congress doesn't understand this, that maybe we could spend a little bit more in the short term if we took care of the long-term problems in medicare, medicaid, social security, defense spending, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, if we take care of the 20-year, 30-year debt bomb. >> the $99 trillion in debt. >> yeah. >> the outstanding liabilities that we have. >> unfunded liabilities. >> absolutely. i think it's important to remember, medicare and social security are trust funds. and governments have first right of refusal on the paycheck of workers. and this is an issue where you want to see stabilization. you want to see certainty. and right now it's not existing, and that's what is causing people to get antsy because now the social security trust fund is di